Eschews security risky daemons and locks down by default pretty well. Provides high-performance for most modern silicon including ready-rolled kernels for SMP. Good administration tools. Company used to be known as Pacific Hi Tech and have a good long-term reputation. Senior management includes a founder of the samba team (John Terpstra).

www.turbolinux.com

Comments accurate at July 2000.

Updates:

In January 2001, John Terpstra left TurboLinux for a VP position at Caldera, a rival Linux company who acquired the venerable SCO in 2000.